The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 7, 1946, Page 1

i'Y w | F SATURDAY | 1 P.M. Edition —— rSSIONAL PR e D C. - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition ————————————m VOL. LXV. 1iI., NO. !0 445 I(H() ]UV};AU. ALASKA, bATURDA\ DECE MBLR 7 VIH/IBI R \\SO( I/\ll I) PRESS PRI(‘li T EN CENTS 'SCORES DIE AS HOTEL SWEPT BY FLAMES p— Long Conference CITY COUNCIL HAS R R. RATES B IO s TOADVANCE ATOMIC AGE PUGET SOUND STRIKE BOUND Fails To Settle Strike EXTRA 0 i OH 68TH DAY ORI Eighi-Hour-Tdng Session Resulfs in No Agreement in Checkers’ Dispute SEATTL: Dec Puget Sound ports went ) their 68th day of idleness teday as an 8 hour and 15 minute conference, which broke failed !mtv to bring between up 3145 am, ettlement of a * Association m‘d the strik- ing AFL Checkers' Associati Union and employer repre: tives, meeting with federal cillatcrs, “stopped the clocl but w unable to reach work agreement e session adjourned Com- Albin L. Pet to report ept that state m‘ flux and has been set to nothing things are in a no definite time resume negotiati Earlier it had been reported un- cfiicially that all peoints in dispute been cleared up except cne have had eLnce g hiring of supercargoes. At issue during the si has been the question of S ibility in employing checke! foremen and SUpercargo Last nigh was hed i1 a hentless building with many OVerco: Mea ¢f the conferces wearing Al- Se- an- As- jation that the way had been cleared for dispatch of three ships to the Northland. A joint statement by the ation and Alaska ship operators d details of the plan must be the matter of’ shipping from reviewed with an was nouncement by the Employers’ n of the; s protracted meeting | Associ- | werked out with the striking check- | @s and the AFL Marine Trades Council, . Ed Coester, Chairman of thel Marine Council, acknowledged he had been in touch with the em-! ployers and said the c the project “as Employers’ Lt. Comdr. E. P. Chester, to Alaska’s Governor, suncil would discu son as possible announcement Jr. had Aide promised his cooperation after be- ing advised of the plan. Ches is now in Portland where the Al aska relief shipping program was transferred last week. VISITING ALASKANS Among "mx\uLs registering at the | Juneau Hotel are the following visiting Alaskans: J. F. Smith cr Ketchikan, Mr. and Mrs. T. W Morris cf Sitka, and L. L. Cave also of Sitka. —oe - AU HOTEL STAYING AT J John T. Corwin of Seattle registered at the Juneau. Othe visitors arriving from Washington are Mr. and Mrs. Ken B. Little- field of Oroville and Vern A. Boehns of Seattle. BACK FROM CONFERENCE on the relief shipping plan John McCormick, Director of Se- | lective Service in Alaska, returned | to Junesu on the steamer Princess Leuise. | He had been south sev-; eral weeks, attending a State] Directors’ Conference in Washing-? ton, D. C., and checking on other; aspects of business connected with his office. - - BUSINESS TRIPPERS Zalmain Gross and Louis Lem-| jeux left for Skagway on the steam- | er Princess Louise on a business, trip in the interests of the Gross Theatres. Steve Vukovich, wellknown sales- man, was also a passenger for Skagway aboard the Louise. - KRISTANS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kristan were among arrivals on the steam- er Princess Louise from Seattle, returning after a visit of several weeks in the States. JOHRL.LEW!S, BULL P,TI‘\ — WASH- INGTON, Dec. 7.—John L. Lewis ended the =oft coal strike abruptly today and President Truman cancelied the broadeast he to have made tomorrow nighl. A letter from Lewis to his miners ordering them pack to work immediately will be read over the Ameri- can Broadeastig System to- night at P. M. PST, the union annouced. The White House, in an- ncuncing eanceliatien of the President’s speech, wh was to have dealt with the coal erigis, said there would be no other comment. The Posiofiice Depart- ment crdered normal mail cervice restored effective immediately and all embar- goes affecting freight and passenger railroad traffic were declared off. In a letter to members of the United Mine Workers, John L. Lewis said he avos crdering the miners back to werk at least until March 3 so that the Supreme Court could be free from “public pressure superinduced by the hysteria and frenzy of an economic cri The miners’ boss told re- prrtcm at a suddenly-called news cenference at UMW headquarters that “in ad- dition, public necessity re- quires the quanitative pro- duction of coal during such period.” Lewis erdered the miners back to work immediately. The announcement came as the Supreme Court was censidering the govern- ment’s piea for an immedi- ate review of Lewis’ and the contempt cave, in- 3,510,000 in fines Federal District levied hy Court. Lewis and the union were found guilly of contempt of court last Tuesday for not heading off the crippling strike now in its 17th day. The union was fined § 500,000 and Lewis himself $10,000 Lewis' annoucement cli- maxed an cpic series of legal strokes and counter- strokes that whirled with, almest unprecedented speed into the Supreme Court. Lewis said the union stood willing to negotiate a werking agreement with the government or with the private coal operators along whatever line the court may decide in its decision in the present litigation. Lewis terminated the strike in a letter to all mine workers which he read to reporters. He remarked be- ferehand that the decision to end the strike had been his own. He said the same terms and conditions that prevail- ed on Ncv. 20, the date that he ended his contract with the government, will again prevail. Lewis, apparently in a pleasant mood, read the let- ter slowly to reporters. Before he started he said he would read it himself so that he news might be as- sured “That ’tis mine own, made on this day, and in good faith,” SEES WOMEN IN JUMP 10 ATONING OR Legislaion On §S Lines regular session last evening at the | { ay esu City Hall, and took up several ! items of general inte however, — no final decisions were made on' WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—Rate (- : S f A o Sy e ASHINGTON, Deo Tenaee[Gharles Tofl Is Firsl Lay hnpowners Threatened Eye Witness Descrmes Mrs. Alice Brandebury, of the £90,(90 to the nation’s annual kill H H i i H H i | s Allce Brandebury, of the concon to the nauon's ancutl b1l President Council of | with Legislative Action | Scene as Frantic Hotel fare, brought befcre the Council’er will go into effect January 1 C (: . . S G e e S Mot i o hurches of Christ by Ketchikan Senator uests Make Leaps for a welfare worker in Juneau Commerc2 Commission, will Rl 9 o s was referred to committee. A com- 176 percent over the June,| SEATTLE, Dec. 7—Delegates o KETCHIKAN, Dec. 1 By CHICK HOSCH munication w: vad from the Dis- 146 level, It will be s the Biennial Federal Council of | Territorial Norman R ATLANTA, Dec. T—I saw four rict C : the approv-pcwever, than the 196 Churches of Christ in America | Walker has advised the Washing \jbiden ek 0.t o o Gt Al or disapproval by the OWY|increass the Class One jere enroute home today, the | Waterfront ' Employers Associaticn | the burning Winecoff Hotel in chill ouncil of 32 liquor licenses before ' zexed { heartening words of their first lay |in Seattle that the Alaska Le I8 MR Herihass oLy g the list was sent to Nome for ac-| o 3 i v apa R “harles P. Taft, son of |ture is expected to enact laws de-| [ pegched the” scens of the Ins 1\.11,(,‘, ‘Tlu\ 100/ ST S b 4 Cabarerand op~ :h\: late ex-President, ringing in|signed to control st hip lines’ | ferno on famous Peachtree Street veldnines erating losses and that ti o j:service to Ehe Torr) n 285 than 45 minutes after the n was held concerning! " S Ol Tk for anol The 1ati attorney set pr His telegram to t re was discovered n time to see \ is to be made of the!. S " 2 s cedent his presidential | spokesman, M. G. Ring fen Tedp! to! their dektha A B which was acquired by X Sealeht dba address on the night of his in-| scent actions, YoU s and cthers to mortal injurles. the C ally with the idea C S :‘1 it ther than at the end | can expect ¢ islation affect- | Flames were shooting from the that a place might be made avail- Tien on ihe 10 i term.; He told |ing the shipowners operating in | tousthe firsly SnATERIR. flodrs hd able for agers and other chil- DAssAngeY (ATes BUA gathered in the Civic | aska when the Legislature meets it | through the sme 3,”1 Slnge: dosk Gy ; people of Juneau This increase was | Janygry fers of guests could be seen cling- ) B0 recreation. The matter' g 1o expire six months after the tem of conducting ' kans will eager welcome such |ing (o the ledges or leaning from was referred to the Property com- oo and of the war. affairs can be devised, to | legislation windows nittse ‘-.x‘““- v :nl I‘LH:M‘H‘] | ! -“m ‘»«,m] llx‘(:l;]y\( ;n;; ite With | Ropes made of sheets and othet Mavor Mo ANEESritas ; ; : petter system of labor rela- | unicns regarding the choice cf navi- 'ped covers . sty 3 kson for the benefit of the people of tniied e Sk TN T Lo RAETS o e el hese fragile 1 |a thorized by motion of the Coun-! ;. .0 Six months 8go a verbal| ha o e 4 I Dol = \-\_‘ Pl ! llines to safety were buffeted by |cil to fly to Anchorage as the of- 5 a ity AH O Die e The sing problem of world vi“ :f“"’.' ey W ol feel ithe winds and streams of water | ficial representative of JUNEAU &t yoivooneor o Lotler i SR be salved “_‘“f“]' T EANFESTEHALS RY : : 13Ha fivet, Gonfral AVIRHOR TCRRIRES | b b s ting vir . big dinner crowd applauded |1y impesed on Alaska by ijecting Body Hartles Down R R :(,"; slcn, to. b operated by the Germen Confessional Church ' the checkers demands in the Alaska | I cressed to the hotel entrance spark-plugged by the Civil Aero: gy to , | leader, the Rev. Martin Niemoeller, . whereiif the shipowner: rely reaching the doorway when s RGeS 0 raise the nece ke at the worship service !l the Territery are in no way '@ woman’s body hurtled through cuadlinen thn Wikt it b und‘ ulv the night program affected jthe marquee and landed in the | aoting Mayor. during the abcr s SR “:mlu.s. “"’“;‘l of failing in (lwl_ I regard your attitude as being sireet at my feet. One body could g Sorl vnf i rted, ho i ast | chugoh's worldwide mission through | Sypically x ent. toward tha. peo- B suen. tl'rpr\" grotesnpelymsealy | ting, that he had had gy within the Christan com- | Ple of+this Territory.” which the m: Harbormaster Ansen appeare be- { that skates can be obtained punity.” Niemoeller said, “we are| The legislative action threatened |quee fore the Council to ask what within sixty days, and that Leo ing foday a deadly crisis, The|by Walker is reported to take the 1 ¢d up the staits, but at eific -objections had been made to!Lazetti and C. Moore are giVing most cufstanding sign of thig is | fOrm of excise taxes on freight haul- the | ficor heard that several ! he City authorities as to his fail- him the essary fir 1 back- (he atomic danger. The time is ©d by ship companies, or high li- pped wera jump from {ure m {fulfillment of his duties. ing \cally here when, if we do not hang { ¢ensing of the compar by the the rear of the hotel into an alley. i Later discussion terminated in a For tport Center together, we shall hang separate Territory, Alaska reserving the right I ran to the rear of the hotel, but i motion by Councilm that Deibert Hanks, Boy Scout execu- |y to forfeit the licenses in cases where 'tripped over somothing and fell |‘Ansen be asked to gn his po- tive, also spoke in favor of the " wTpe choice before us is an | irresponsibility is proved. sprawling. Recovering, I turned to | sition as of January 1, 1947 l-nm skating rink. Mayor Hendrickson'piomic age or' an atoning age.” e sce several bodies lying on the i motion was carried unanimously. 1eported thai he has been waited i B i An elderly man sobbed hy The revised proposal of the Al- er group of citizens who applied STURMS IN NEW HOME he Was trying futilely to lift. laska Department of Public Wel- for the use of A. B. Hall as an | EMBARGO RE(All Out. of the 15 or I saw ifare for a full time child welfare athletic center for the city, to be Mr and Mrs L. A. Sturm and! J"" p. one walked away. They bit [ worker and a clerk-stenographer to used by the Badminton Club and re now residing in their! ife n 1 such force that Ibe employed by the City of Ju- various basketball teams who have palatial new home on Gold Belt 0“ pAR(El pos f" men couldn't hold them in most seau, as presented by Mrs. Brande- been having difficulty in getting Avenue, near West Ninth Street. managing only to check their ibu calls for an outlay of two in sufficient practice time in the Under construction for approxi- s | thirds of the cost by the City and Juneau and Douglas High Schcol 1 year and a half, com-| The Transportation Committee of Down Clothing Rope {one third by the Department ;ymnasiums. on has been delayed through|the Chamber of Commerce, by Or- city Detective E. B. Brocks told | Mrs. Brandebury asked for ap- Hotasi 1 She wortages of materials, hhi])plv]\g der of Pr * dent Charles W. Car- me of seeing onc woman descend sroval of the Councii as soon as ferred to the Police Commit- and all the troubles which ter, has dispatched telegrams to g4 gheet-rope three floors to an ex- | possible, inasmich as it might take tee for study and recommendation have been plaguing builders during the Second Assistant Postmaster- t-nsion ladder hoisted by firamen. o 1ot s i muasugtn oo a At the next meeting of the Coun- iiy months. | General, the Governor of Alaska, As we stood talking, we watched a Sorker, and the earlier approval isi Cll Was the letter from the District ver, the new home is at last | the Delegate from Alaska, and the wcman back over the ledge of a | forthcoming, the socner the plan Court asking for approval of the pleted to the extent the fam- | Dispatcher of Mails in Seattle, sub- ininth floor window and start down {can be put into operation. Total liquor license applications. It was can occcupy it, while awaiting mitting request that embargo on a repe of twisted Led clothing cost of salaries and travel expenses|Prought out that four of the appli- some essential materials for actual barccl post exceeding five pounds Between floors she lost her foot- lfor the two, the welfare worker cants have not paid their taxes completion, wculd not be applied to Alaska ing against the water drenched and the clerk-stenographer, would |in full, and that the City can re- s and Malcolm were the ar-|inasmuch as present maritime con- building and her body started be $513. O this, $342 would be commend refusal of the applica- chitects and Charles Boyer the ditions m it necessary 1or Al- swaying and slowly turning in the borne by the City and $171 by the|tions on these grounds. Applicants' cor cifon contractor on the askuns to depend upen parcel post light of flames lapping at her feet | Department of Public Welfare. | as follo Baranof Liquor -iuim rcsidence. f much of the freight|Ws watched her she turned The welfare worker would be un- g :luskm; C‘t Rate Liquor -> > ies received in the Ter- |locse and hurtled down, flat against or the cot i supervision | Store, Streamline Liquor, Jim El- ¥ o i the walls, screaming. e Dldlllfi;“‘uwfl)&f‘ BT a1, Home Liquor Store, Gastineau ~ RETURNING'TO STATES toher received the- fole| Her body Bit the maraues, with iha\'v ponsibility for all child Liguor Store, Juneau Liquor §|uu-_ Y i 13 telegram frem Delegate E.' sickening thud | welfare cases in Juneau and vi- Joseph J. Thomas, Baranof Ho- 6. e Aw“‘ ol tt in reply to the wire: “God,” muttered Brooks, T knew cinity. This would be in full co- tel, Imperial, Percy's, BPOE Club, " ; giaged’. with X | 1 recommenced litting em- she couldn't clear that marquee.” operation with City officials, civic Junean Mine and Mill Workers ¢ end Fish D‘”-‘"'”‘l for ”“‘_ harzo cn parcel post packages or- SR organizations and other interested Union No. 203, Moose Club, VFW : ",“/ FERTas hos ?“‘““‘. lm." i attle and destined lr..mnr Beay inaividuals in the prevention of JecP Club, Alaskan Hotel, Baranof bovch and plans to leave for her| for Alaska. Hope to have decision ‘.h‘f'."“', foarsaeinad: to oaioh iMp juvenile delinquency, and in pro-|Bar. Triangle Bar, Greenland, “me in Puyallup, Wash. Miss late today or tomorrow. Post Of "“l!’l*_‘ d at j’"” Rels and. a» Viding services for the care and Blackie’s Bar, Bailey’s Bar, Arctic ‘V)mv“"_' ,“‘” b" “'l“‘ enger. on ‘h}’ fice Department points cut insur- ;\, ”“'"“‘"; could cl "‘_’ 'jh" net of a e o e e lsston| Bar. Corbelts: Bar, Wiotory | Bat, Penguin. Ray Nevin, also of this | mountable difficulties would be en- Preken bed anaghsr: #eida AmaRh i celnquént.ctilldren: New York Tavern, Capitol Bar, utnent, is making the trip o ccuntered in lifting cmbargo jor M0 it A MOBONE, DRGNS R e Odom ‘Wholesale Liquors, G. G e aboard the Penguin to 100k | points of origin other than Seattle '’ the descent of se who The activities of the Child Wel- Brown, George Brothers ~Liguor. f'er property business’ in that|puy believe favorable action as out- | JUmPed, tapering off like the eerie e e . tna| Store, " oty Ploat * Liquor ' Store city, lined above would be greatly help- '“,““’“"’_ o1 n shell dibabpeeting ‘s hature of a policewoman, but of Dreamland Bar and Marchette oo ful.” PRt e a social worker who would co-op- R&Y ol PENGUIN DUE TODAY - e FI:. 1€t otl \‘“.‘5,“:_'” lerate with all groups in giving s i Al LT N LADIES : ks case work services to children and Overdue by five duys because of HERA lA ' ADD il il - familes referred by any mdividual‘KEEp SIDEWALKS rough weather conditions, the Pen- | ]‘0 (HUR(H BmlDING SMITH TO SKAGWAY or agency. It was suggested than guin, one of the Fish and Wildlife an agreement be made with the S o E r , is expected to arrive in Ju- FUND A]‘ RE(ENT MEE- Claude J. Smith, President of | city for a one year demonstration H v lED (lEA“ neau sometime today, acvording ' the Juneau Merchants Association, | plan, so that both the A i to Supervisor Jack O'Connor. ' The Lutheran Ladies Aid Society|léft an the Princess Loulse for the Department of Public Wel-' . oouneil was reminded by, ¢ 8lso announced that theiheld o ¥ successful business | Skagway, where he will do con- '(arc could have an opportunity }0 Councilman George Jorgenson I * Grizzly Bear, slated for a week's meeting. 11)1]0\&-1‘1\ by a Christmas | tact W rk in preparation for the try it out to their mutual benefit. \iop:"or tne City Ordinance which ¢/am inspection run several days|papy Thursday evening in the|inauguration in March of the | The Council referred the matter p.vcc yioperty owners liable and 9 has not been able to leave|.pyych parlors. A goodly sum was; Briges Steamship Company wi ;m o and the Financial peqpongiple for keeping the side- because of fcing conditions and | gy ggide for the “building fund”| Will give service to all of South- iccj?:?:::f; “1;(); Lf;::hl;m‘sl::gzrvz.and walks in front of ther property mu.:.h .s’ez‘xv“ va. vl'ul‘l L\'.x-(‘fl.d.y 10 and the “gift bags" turned in prov- | ¢Ast Alaska from the Midwest { : Y- clean and free from snowS g0 out as soon as weather Permits.,eq very remunerative. The latter|through Prince Rupert | A. B. Hall Qugstion ! P S T will be turned over to the church’ nf ety EHIH [!:;L dxsc};zssi;n} km th‘efA. Bi FILES FOR DIVORCE istmas gift to the| IMPORTED PERFUMES al ayor Hendrickson informed SMITH LEAVING - e | - fund, Ithe Council of the expressed de- —— Sally B. Aguilar has filed divorce the Mrs. Yvenne Cooper, owner of jsire of the Army to obtain the W. Leonard Smith, Territorial proceedings against Victor Lopez ner s Yvonne's Shop, is very happy to !use of the hall for a dormitory Highway Engineer, is leaving Mon- Aguilar on grounds that the de- followed by : annoul she is again able to of- and recreation spot for soldiers day for Ketchikan on official fendant was convicted of a felony. rice carcls. The drawing of | fer her cusiemers a choice assort m\ leave from Army posts in oth-|business. He will also consult with Aguilar was convicted by court ym the “fish pond” afford- ment of perfumes imported from ¢ parts of the Territory. Various the Mayor and City Council of martial on a robbery charge, dis- ) pleasure as did the delic- France which she has just received Ccdlh.lll'nl‘n expressed themselves as; Petersburg cn plans for the new honorably. - discharged from the jous refresbments served by the This is the first shipment received against giving the building to the hospital in that city. Mr. Smith Army; and is ving a five-year hostesses, Mesdames Harold "Snar- | here since hostilities in Europe cut | Atmy even temporarily so long as |will retwrn to Juneau in the lat- sentence in Lewisberg, Pa. at \]]l"ingv Bert McDowell and Art Kass-: cff the souw of supply, accord- there was still the possibility of iter part of next week. present time. ner. ng to Mrs. Cooper 114PERISH INATLANTA HOTEL FIRE Another Hundred Report- ed Injured - Guests Trapped in Rooms ATLANTA, Dec. 7—A mysterious pre-dawn fire which started in the upper floors today turned the 15- story Winecoft Hotel in downtown Atlanta into a roaring inferno killing at least 114 persons and injuring another 100. Several hcurs after the fire was breught under control at 7 am. firemen said they believed all bod- ies had been removed from the 194-rcom building located on At- lanta’s famed Peachtree Street in the heart of the theater district There were indications the death tell among the guests might mount with a complete check of the emergency mortuaries estab- lished in various parts of the eity. Already the toll was the worst in a hotel disaster in the nation’s history 85 Leap To Death Many of the guests leaped tc their deaths from the 1ilaming structure. Others were burned fa- tally or suffocated. A check of the bu)};um showad many v ufitoucned by the flames, but oth- s were charred. Firemen ex- pressed Lelief many lives would have been saved had guests re- mained in these untouched rooms The walls and flcors of the building stood, but much of the woodwork and doors was charred. Some par- titions were destroyed. The build- ing had recently been painted on the inside, and ffremen expressed belief this might have aided the rapid spread of the flames. Guest; Trajed Most of the guests were tiapped above the third floor where the fire was believed to have started about 3:15 am. The brick and conerete building was constructed in 1913. It had no outside fire escapes. It was classed as fire resistant Actual fire daniage was confined to the southwest side from the third tloor to the roof. The build- ing faces mnorth. Bodies were tound on every iloor above the third. Those not in the direct path of the flames suffccated in their rooms There was no estimate of mone- tary less to the building which was old in 1943 for approximately $650,000. Mrs. Annie Lee Irwin of Atlanta, the present owner, had it under lease to Arthw F. Geele, Sr. Investigation ‘The hotel, though not one of the largest in the city, was classed as cne of the city’s leading hostelries. Mayor William B. Hartstield an- nounced that an investization to determine the cause o1 the fire, the costly in lives in the city's would begin immediately, Rogers, a fireman, told 16 bodies on one upper rocems in which they were undamaged by 1d all apparently had died of suffocation. In one room were the bodies of five young girls, in another a woman and three children W. H finding The found the flame of Emergency Mortuaries cency mortuaries were set various parts of the city, count ot the dead was dif- The municipal morgue at Hospital reported it had 34 and could take no more. With the flames under control, firemen kept up a steady® proces- sion bringing the dead and injured frem tne building Bodies from the upver floors were remcved via a bridg? which was built across an allev-way to an adjoining build- Emer up in and a fieult Grady bodies ¥ The iisaster Red Cross set up a special statf headquarters for identification of the dead, but a: ofuicial said obtaining names would be dittcult pecause most of the bodies in night clothes and were Continued on Page Eight)